Indian sports wrap, March 11: Rajnigandha Achievers clinches RMRM Gold Vase Cup with come-from-behind victory
POLO
Achievers lift the RMRM Gold Vase Cup
The Rajnigandha Achievers Polo Team emerged victorious at the Radha Mohan Rajinder Mohan (RMRM) Gold Vase Cup. It was the sixth consecutive win for the Achievers in the tournament. They edged past Sujan Indian Tigers with a narrow 6-5 win in the final match on Monday.
The tournament, held from March 4 to 9, brought together five exceptional teams vying for the prestigious title.
Coming from behind, the Achievers sealed their victory with two crucial goals in the final chukker. The team comprised Shivangi Jaisingh, Shamsheer Ali, Abhimanyu Pathak and Daniel Otamendi.
Notably, Shamsheer was instrumental in their success, scoring the opening goal, the equaliser, and ultimately, the winning goal.
The side now has its sights set on the upcoming Aditya Birla Memorial Cup, scheduled from March 24 to 30.
-Team Sportstar
TENNIS
Digvijay falls to eighth seed Lomakin in Chandigarh ITF event
Davis Cupper Digvijay Pratap Singh gave a good account of his game before being beaten 6-3, 6-7(0), 6-3 by eighth seed Grigoriy Lomakin of Kazakhstan in the first round of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Tuesday.
It was the first match in the professional circuit for the 24-year-old Digvijay after he had missed more than a year and a half owing to injury.
Lomakin, seeded No.1 with Jay Clarke of Britain, however, was beaten in the doubles pre-quarterfinals by Filiberto Fumagalli of Italy and Aryan Lakshmanan.
Fourth seed Dev Javia beat his doubles partner, the towering Chirag Duhan 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. The two got together to reach the doubles quarterfinals.
The results:
Singles (first round): Madhwin Kamath bt Hitesh Chauhan 6-3, 7-5; Grigoriy Lomakin (Kaz) bt Digvijay Pratap Singh 6-3, 6-7(0), 6-3; Dev Javia bt Chirag Duhan 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Ronit Gupta 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Filiberto Fumagalli (Ita) & Aryan Lakshmanan bt Jay Clarke (GBR) & Grigoriy Lomakin (Kaz) 6-3, 1-6, [10-7]; Parth Aggarwal & Rohan mehra bt Lawrence Bataljin (Aus) & Raghav Jaisinghani 6-2, 7-6(4); Sai Karteek Reddy & Vishnu Vardhan bt Ishaque Eqbal & Faisal Qamar 6-3, 6-3; Kabir Hans & Atharva Sharma bt Shanker Heisnam & Oges Theyjo 7-6(2), 6-2; Chirag Duhan & Dev Javia bt Arthav Neema & Siddharth Vishwakarma 7-6(1), 6-3; Sidharth Rawat & Yash Yadav bt Ronit Gupta & Dalwinder Singh 6-3, 6-4; Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Woobin Shin (Kor) & Manish Sureshkumar 6-1, 6-7(3), [10-5].
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Aarjun Pandit beats Aarav Chawla in Gurugram ITF juniors first round
Second seed Aarjun Pandit overcame a sedate start to beat Aarav Chawla 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the Tennis Project, Baliyawas, on Tuesday.
In the girls section, qualifier Anandita Upadhyay beat Prachi Malik in straight sets.
The results (first round):
Under-18 boys: Sehaj Singh Pawar bt Ribhav Saroha 6-2, 6-0; Vishal Vasudev bt Aryan Phogat 6-0, 6-2; Adhiraj Thakur bt Sharan Somasi 6-2, 6-2; Vivaan Bidasaria bt Namit Bhatia 6-1, 7-6(3); Prakaash Sarran bt Veer Madam 7-5, 6-2; Aarjun Pandit bt Aarav Chawla 1-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Under-18 girls: Aishwarya Jadhav bt Akshita Antil 7-6(5), 6-2; Ishi Maheshwari bt Aarnavi Tomar 6-0, 6-0; Anandita Upadhyay bt Prachi Malik 7-5, 6-2; Aakruti Sonkusare bt Ananya Jain 6-2, 6-1; Sohini Mohanty bt Avipsha Dehury 6-3, 6-2; Swasti Singh bt Kevika Singh 6-1, 6-1.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Bhambri-Goransson beat Gille-Zielinski in Indian Wells
Yuki Bhambri in partnership with Andre Goransson of Sweden beat Sander Gille of Belgium and Jan Zielinski of Poland 3-6, 7-6(5), [10-8] in the doubles first round of the $13,042,410 ATP tennis tournament in Indian Wells, USA, on Monday.
The Indo-Swedish pair, which was one of the four teams to make a last-minute entry owing to the withdrawal of four other teams, will challenge the second seeds Harri Heliovaara of Finland and Henry Patten of Britain in the pre-quarterfinals.
The results:
$13,042,410 ATP, Indian Wells, USA Doubles (first round): Jack Draper (GBR) & Tomas Machac (Cze) bt Rohan Bopanna & Ivan Dodig (Cro) 6-3, 6-4; Yuki Bhambri & Andre Goransson (Swe) bt Sander Gille (Bel) & Jan Zielinski (Pol) 3-6, 7-6(5), [10-8].
$40,000 ITF women, Shenzhen, China Singles (first round): Xiaodi You (Chn) bt Ankita Raina 6-2, 6-4.
$30,000 ITF women, Nonthaburi, Thailand Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Alisa Kummel & Anastasia Sukhotina 6-3, 6-0.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Rookie Lavanya takes one-shot lead in sixth leg of WPGT
Rookie Lavanya Jadon birdied the closing hole to take sole lead at 2-under in the first round of the sixth leg of Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Gary Player designed DLF Golf & Country Club here on Tuesday.
Lavanya had five birdies against three bogeys in a round of 70. The Hero Order of Merit leader, Sneha Singh, seemed to be set for a very low round as she was four-under through 13 holes before hitting a disastrous patch as she bogeyed four holes in a row from the 14th to the 17th.
That saw her drop to even par but a birdie on the closing 18th ensured a 1-under card and a tie for second place with Anvvi Dahhiya, who finished more than an hour before her.
Lavanya, who is looking for her maiden win in her first season, birdied the second and sixth. tenth, 12th and the 18th and dropped shots on the Par-4 fifth, 11th and the 14th.
– PTI